FAMILY MERQUELIN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Merquelin

Coat of arms and family crest of Merquelin.

Genealogy of family Merquelin, origin of Merquelin, provenance of the family name Merquelin.

History and meaning for Merquelin.

Merquelin is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Merquelin an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Merquelin:

1) The origin of the family name Merquelin.

2) The meaning of the family name Merquelin.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Merquelin.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Merquelin.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Merquelin has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

It is known that the Merquelin have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Merquelin:

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

Are you proud to belong to your family? Do you want to know and have something important related to your family?. Click here

This name is the SYMBOL OF A FAMILY. If you have been invited to a wedding, event, meeting or anniversary, make a GREAT GIFT FOR WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARIES and events..

We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Merquelin:

Name Merquelin

Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Merquelin. Very cheap.

heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

Coat of arms for Merquelin and the history and origin for the family name Merquelin in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

Click here to see in more detail the products displayed here and other heraldry for the family name Merquelin

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Merquelin appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Merquelin. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Merquelin.

That the last name Merquelin is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Merquelin are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Merquelin, to know the fights of nobility of the Merquelin, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Merquelin, honorary offices or public offices of the Merquelin.

Julio de Atienza, in his book "Nobiliario Espanol", collects the heraldry and history of the family name Merquelin. This work is of great importance for the heraldry because it collects the history, evidence of nobility and nobility of surnames and lineages among which is the family name Merquelin. The name Merquelin also appears in the "Heraldic and Noble Dictionary of the Kingdoms of Spain" by Fernando Gonzalez Doria, although he presents less data on the name Merquelin than the "Nobiliario Espanol".

One of the most distinctive qualities of heraldry is the use of a limited palette of colours and patterns, usually referred to as tinctures. These are divided into three categories, known as metals, colours, and furs.

Next we are going to see the meanings of three tinctures:

1) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

2) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

3) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* WOLF: The Wolf is a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* WHEEL: The Wheels symbolize Speed in carrying out the most arduous undertakings. They are also a symbol of Fortune, Favor and Inconstancy.

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

* AXE: The Axe symbolizes Death caused to the enemy, and also an ax or wick to illuminate.

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

* CHESS: Chess symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* The family name Merquelin appears in the list of last names of Heraldry & Crests so its complete history, crest and coat of arms or heraldic shields can be known on his website: http://www.heraldrycrests.com/

Heraldry for family name Merquelin as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Merquelin

Related Words: Merquelin family crest | Origin of the name Merquelin | Genealogy of the family Merquelin | Heraldry of the name Merquelin | Coat of arms of Merquelin | Genealogy of the Merquelin | Origin of the Merquelin | Meaning of the name Merquelin.

Merquelin

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter M index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Merot | Go to name Merquelin | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests